"The federal government is fighting for the right to destroy documents when it loses office, after a judge warned the practice of shredding paperwork to keep it from incoming opponents is possibly criminal and must stop." #auspol
Health insurance giant Medibank is facing a fine in the trillions of dollars, after the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court over its 2022 cyber attack. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
The commissioner now alleges that Medibank seriously interfered with the privacy of 9.7 million Australians by "failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information". #auslaw#auspol#privacy
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"Electrons on the grid in a 10-year period." Shadow energy minister Ted O'Brien pledges nuclear reactors for Australia & is asked if the Coalition will release it's coal to nuclear energy details before the mid-winter parliamentary break. #auspol
"I've seen some chutzpah in my time in this place but that takes the yellowcake." Energy Minister Chris Bowen highlighting that Peter Dutton and Ted O'Brien are criticising the CSIRO over nuclear energy but still haven't released the details on their coal to nuclear plan. #auspol
@doomscroller
« traditionally designed large scale nuclear power stations would cost at least 50 per cent more than solar and wind backed by batteries, and take at least 15+ years to develop, and more technically-advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) could be four to six times « more expensive than renewables.« #nucleaire#nuclear
@Gilins3
As we careen into ongoing climate catastrophes, nuclear will keep being a parasite and the risks increase, and society less capable of dealing with nuclear problems we are not even dealing with now in adequate ways.
Not being responsible for negotiating a contract and publicly defending an obscene waste of public money during a cost of living crisis are very different things
@luciedigitalni I think the lede got buried. Services Australia, an organisation who by definition don't want to be in the media, have over 200 media and comms staff.
Tony Burke on RN Breakfast discussing a 3.75% minimum wage increase then defending Bill Shorten's speechwriter getting paid $600,000 as "it's a matter of the independence of the public service". Read the room, mate